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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Democrat flips Republican-held Florida state House district that includes Trump's Mar-a-Lago  —  Democrat Emily Gregory narrowly won the special election for the district Tuesday night, The Associated Press projects.  Trump carried the area in 2024.  —  Democrat Emily Gregory won …
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David Nir / The Downballot:
Florida Democrats flip Donald Trump's home district in Palm Beach  —  Florida Democrat Emily Gregory scored a major upset on Tuesday night, flipping the legislative district that includes Donald Trump's waterfront lair of Mar-a-Lago.  —  Gregory, a first-time candidate who runs …
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Trump-endorsed North Carolina state Senate leader loses by 23 votes … “While this was a close race, the voters have spoken, and I congratulate Sheriff Page on his victory,” Berger said in a statement.  “Over the past 15 years, Republicans in the General Assembly have fundamentally redefined our state's outlook and reputation.
Discussion: RedState, The Hill and WTOP News
David Nir / The Downballot:
Florida Democrats just picked up a second seat in Tuesday's special elections  —  In the second massive upset of the night for Florida Democrats, Brian Nathan, a Navy veteran and union official, flipped a state Senate seat that became vacant after Gov. Ron DeSantis tapped its previous occupant to serve as his lieutenant governor.
Discussion: Florida Politics
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Deal to fund DHS falters amid bipartisan pushback  —  Momentum toward reopening DHS evaporated Tuesday as Democrats drew a hard line on reforms to ICE, swiftly rejecting a proposal that GOP senators had only just persuaded President Trump to entertain.
Politico:
GOP's reconciliation hopes are easier dreamt than done … Underscoring the massive challenge, some Republicans are stressing they aren't committing to pass another bill under the reconciliation process — which could allow them to avoid a Democratic filibuster in the Senate — they are just promising to give it a try.
Punchbowl News:   3/25/26☀️ AM:  —  Senate Democrats are demanding additional concessions …
NBC News:   Steve Kornacki's guide to the next big elections on the calendar: From the Politics Desk
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Democrats reject GOP offer to reopen Homeland Security, partially fund ICE
Axios:
Iran suspects Trump's peace talk push is another trick  —  Iranian officials have told the countries trying to mediate peace talks with the U.S. that they have now been tricked twice by President Trump and “we don't want to be fooled again,” according to a source with direct knowledge of those discussions.
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New York Times:
United States Said to Have Sent Iran a Plan to End the Middle East War  —  The 15-point plan was delivered via Pakistan, whose army chief has emerged as the key interlocutor between the United States and Iran, officials say.  —  The United States has sent Iran a 15-point plan to end the war …
NBC News:
Trump gets a daily video montage briefing about the Iran war  —  The montage, which typically runs for about two minutes, has raised concerns among some of the president's allies that he may not be receiving the complete picture of the war.  —  WASHINGTON — Each day since the start of the war in Iran …
The Guardian:
JD Vance role touted as Pakistan attempts to broker US-Iran peace talks
New York Times:
Saudi Leader Is Said to Push Trump to Continue Iran War in Recent Calls
Prem Thakker / Zeteo:
US Troops Are Being Told to ‘Get Ready’ to Invade Iran
Discussion: Truthout
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump's approval hits new 36% low as fuel prices surge amid Iran war, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  President Donald Trump's approval rating fell in recent days to its lowest point since he returned to the White House, hit by a surge in fuel prices and widespread disapproval of the war …
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Politico:
'The worst I've seen': Oil industry grapples with the fallout from US-Israel war with Iran
James Bikales / Politico:   Machado: Venezuela could quintuple oil production under a democratic government
Paul McLeary / Politico:
Pentagon prepares to send another 3,000 troops to Middle East
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Weiss' Ratings Wipeout … When Bari Weiss took the reins of CBS News in October, her message was clear: that the public had lost trust in the network and that major change was needed to win viewers back and return it to its glory days.  But through a series of actions over her turbulent six-month tenure …
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Key Adviser Quits Federal Vaccine Panel  —  Dr. Robert Malone, vice chair of the committee, was appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after a purge of the previous advisers.  —  Dr. Robert Malone, vice chair of the federal committee that recommends vaccines to Americans, angrily resigned his position on Tuesday.
Discussion: STAT and Roll Call
Washington Post:
Prosecutor admits government lacks evidence of misconduct by Fed chair  —  The admission during a closed-door hearing undercuts President Donald Trump's claims of “criminality” in the central bank's $2.5 billion office renovations.  —  A top deputy to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro acknowledged …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
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Associated Press:   Prosecutor conceded lack of criminal evidence in Federal Reserve investigation, transcript shows
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Pete Hegseth's Pastor Says He Wants James Talarico To Die  —  “We want him crucified with Christ,” Brooks Potteiger said of the Texas Senate Democratic nominee, after the podcast host said he prays “that God kills him.”  —  WASHINGTON — The pastor from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's home church …
Discussion: Mediaite and People For
New York Times:
The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp.  It Was a Dairy Farm.  —  The Times visited a village where the United States and Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group's training camp.  Residents said it was actually a dairy farm.  —  As President Trump prepared to welcome conservative …
Discussion: Mediaite
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Epstein's accountant and lawyer tell Congress they were never interviewed by federal investigators … Both Indyke and Kahn sat for hours-long depositions with the Oversight panel earlier this month.  They have denied knowing anything about Epstein's crimes before the later allegations emerged.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Mysterious trading patterns follow Trump into war  —  An epidemic of suspicious trading has emerged around President Trump's most consequential decisions — each time, just minutes or hours before he rattles global markets, according to exchange data.
Politico:
How Jack Smith connected the dots between GOP lawmakers, Trump aides in 2020 election probe … A spokesperson for Zeldin did not immediately provide a response to a request for comment.  —  These Republicans and others are featured in the materials released Tuesday by Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley …
New York Times:
T.S.A. Tipped Off ICE Agents Before Arrests at San Francisco Airport  —  Transportation Security Administration officials told ICE that a mother and daughter under a detention order had planned to fly domestically, federal documents show.  —  The woman and her 9-year-old daughter …
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Oklahoma hands over voter rolls to Trump DOJ, including personal data  —  Oklahoma announced Tuesday it agreed to turn over its full voter rolls to the Trump Justice Department — including sensitive personal data the state had previously refused to provide.
 
 
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Trump breaks military recruitment vows as he arrests and deports veterans
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David A. Ross Sought Epstein's Help to Build Art Museums. Now He's Facing the Fallout.
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Florida Democrats score upset in Tampa-based state Senate race
Discussion: Raw Story
Maria Curi / Axios:
Judge questions Pentagon's “troubling” Anthropic actions
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